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Mathematical Modeling, Control and Simulation of a Suspension System with Energy Regeneration

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Camilo Andrés Cáceres Flórez
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Jefry Anderson Mora Montañez at Nueva Granada Military University
Jefry Anderson Mora Montañez
Dario Amaya
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Nowadays, active suspension systems are more frequently used in the automotive industry, due to these mechanisms allowing to take advantage of the absorbed energy from the irregularity of the roads, transforming them into electrical energy. This paper presents the analysis of the suspension mechanism with energy regeneration of a car, analyzed implementing Matlab simulation software, where different tools like SimMechanics and Simulink were used, likewise the operation of the regeneration method and each of the components in the suspension model were visualized, comparing the proposed system with the traditional one, showing the differences in the quality and therefore the comfort offered by the automobiles.
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International Review of Mechanical Engineering (I.RE.M.E.), Vol. 9, n. 4
Manuscript received January 2007, revised January 2007 Copyright © 2007 Praise Worthy Prize S.r.l. - All rights
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Mathematical modeling, control and simulation of a suspension system
with energy regeneration
Camilo Andrés Cáceres, Jefry Anderson Mora Montañez, Dario Amaya
Abstract Nowadays, active suspension systems are more frequently used in the automotive
industry, due to these mechanisms allowing to take advantage of the absorbed energy from the
irregularity of the roads, transforming them into electrical energy. This paper presents the analysis
of the suspension mechanism with energy regeneration of a car, analyzed implementing Matlab
simulation software, where different tools like SimMechanics and Simulink were used, likewise the
operation of the regeneration method and each of the components in the suspension model were
visualized, comparing the proposed system with the traditional one, showing the differences in the
quality and therefore the comfort offered by the automobiles. © 2015 Praise Worthy Prize S.r.l. -
All rights reserved.
Keywords: Energy Regeneration; Electromagnetic Harvester; Matlab; Suspension Model
I. Introduction
II. DYNAMIC MODELING
III. CONTROLLER DESIGN
IV. CASE STUDY AND DISCUSSION
V. CONCLUSION
Acknowledgements
This work was supported by Praise Worthy Prize
S.r.l..
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